The last iOS update – iOS 18.4.1 – could be a bad update that has a risk of killing your iPhone according to a small number of users. Apple wants users Install the iOS update immediately to secure yourself from a security defect, but it is better to wait for the new version to be corrected? An iPhone user complaints that their phone was brick after update to iOS 18.4.1. The phone cannot find its IMEI number and, as such, has locked its owner to try to prevent use after a possible flight. Trying to restore it using a Mac did not work in an Apple service center by a professional either and that the phone seems really lost unless the user is ready to pay a large sum to replace the motherboard. The owners of iPhone said that they had also experienced something similar and that Apple service centers were unable to restore their phones. Some people argued that it was a problem with the basic band processor and that a software update cannot brick a phone like this. Apple Techs replied and said that software updates can and have killed devices in the past. Ipados 18 update iPad M4 Bricked models. As others have pointed out, it is also possible that the MoDem on the poster phone has a defect and a restart after updating the software put this problem in the foreground.
The poster iPhone failed to activate. | Image credit – Reddit
Although it is very unlikely that you feel something similar, it might be better to deactivate automatic updates on your iPhone for the moment. The aforementioned iPados 18 number has taken time to become known enough for Apple to publish a declaration and begins to work on a fix. Something similar could also eventually happen for the last iOS update.
